30 Years of Super Bowl Halftime Performers

Until the 90s, the Super Bowl halftime show was usually just a marching band. All that changed when Tampa hosted the Super Bowl in 1991. The New Kids on the…

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Updated Mar 11, 2021 11:01 AM EST

Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake perform during the halftime show at Super Bowl XXXVIII between the New England Patriots and the Carolina Panthers at Reliant Stadium on February 1, 2004 in Houston, Texas.

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Until the 90s, the Super Bowl halftime show was usually just a marching band. All that changed when Tampa hosted the Super Bowl in 1991. The New Kids on the Block performed a medley of their hits. But very few actually saw the performance because most saw a news break update about the Gulf War.

Since then a bunch of our Q105 Saturday Night Dance Party legends tore it up at halftime... you job this week is to pick one to kick off the show this Saturday night!

PHOTOS: The Infamous Janet Jackson / Justin Timberlake Super Bowl Halftime Performance

Because of what happened at the end, you might have forgotten they weren't the only ones performing that year!

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